Great choice of theme for this issue (but I'm biased, because I love that genre).

Very interesting to know your experience with your father and his proudness. Probably that has influenced you in so many ways... altought my parents really didn't discourage me to play games, I wish they were more supportive and enthusiastic of it, like yours. Certainly would be such a delight for a kid...

My dad actually played video games. Well, on the NES, but he still played them. Duck Hunt was his favorite but he bought this terrible racing game, Rad Racer, that consumed hours of his attention. We used to play together too until I realized how boring the game was. I wonder if he remembers that.

That was very touching. It reminds me of me and my father. He used to watch me play the Super Nintendo all the time. You also got me to realize I think, about how much I take him for granted today. Even if he doesn't watch me play videogames anymore. :p

My father played games, with many of our family's acquisitions being more for him than me. He really enjoyed fantasy, with Rygar and Zelda being two titles in which he invested much time. Two moments I'll never forget were when Rygar froze while a handful of screens from the last boss and when he ecstatically showed me a video after school of him beating Ganon for the first time.

The actual relationship between my father and I over my life has been nonexistent at best and unbearably unpleasant at worst. But video games did give us a neutral ground where his many indiscretions managed to disappear if even for a few moments.